Bottle-stopper.



No. 883,259. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

H. TUEGKMANTEL. BOTTLE STOPPBRQ APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1907.

WITH 55.5w 1 mvEmoR PSI her lining or cushion HUGO TUECKMANTEL,

r NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLEI-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31', 1908.

Application-filed July 9, 1907. Serial m. 382,921.

T '0 all 'ILIIOWL it may concern:

Be it known that I, limo TUECKMAN'JEL,

v a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of .\ew Jersey, have invented cert-am new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the fol-' hiwing to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to, make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle stoppers ol the slieet-metal-sealirig-cap i'ariety, itllllilit! object is to provide-a device of the chi'ii'arter named which-is more effective' anddurable and less expensive than those liereti-ilore used and one which will elffeetually seal a bottle, notwithstanding the' l'aet'tliat there may be some irregularities in the edge oi the bottle due to imperfect molding, fracture, or the like, which is liable to result in the escape of gas.

With the foregoing objects in view, my invention consists in a lined sheet-metalcap, having a clamping llange toextend down on the outer side of thebottle, to haveholding engagement therewith,

the top thereol'to extend down on the inner side oi the bottle, to have clamping engage- 11](lit with the inner side of said bottle.

in the manul'iu-ture of bottle stoppers of the sheet-nietalsealing-cap variety, the inconsisted usually of cork, which has been l'ound very objectionable and sonietiiines'prohibitive on account of its-price and interior quality.

In. the.iuaeompanying drawings, Figure '1 represents aside elevation of my improved bottle stopper. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. tional side elevation taken on lines :cx of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a 'sectioiial'view oi the stopper as it appears applied to the neck ol'a bottle, and Fig. 5 represents a st tional view of a modilied form of stopper pears applied to-the neck of a bottl ln the drawings, like letters of reference iiidicate like parts.

(i represents the cap, made of sheet metal and provided with a criinped clamping flange 7;, designed to extend down on the outer side oi the bottle to have holding engagei'nent therewith, as is customary in this type of bottlc-caps. Formed in the top of the cap simultaneously with theforming of the cap said cap being provided with a central rlepression'or ridge in;

Fig. 3 represents a seeas it ap v prevents said month by the. annular central depression- 0 in the top of the cap (L, when said cap is secured to the neck of the bottle e.

The primary object of forming the annular depression (1 in the top of the cap a is to reinforce the cap at that particular point, so that alter the depressi ui c has centered the cap, the operation of locking the cap on the outer side of the. bottle will draw the inetalfadjacent to the depression 0 outward and down."

'ward around t ie outer side of the neck of the bottle, thereby simultaneously wedging the central depression 6 and the thin lining of paper, fabric or the, like \.ell down into theneck and clamp it around the mouth portion ol the bottle so that an absolutely tight seal is formed, which prevents the escape of the contents of the bottle, irrespective of any of the customary irregularities so common in bottles.

In the modification illustrated in Fig.v 5, it will be noticed thatan additional annular depression 1 is formed in the. top of the cap,

designed to register with, and force the lining of paper, fabric, or the like into a corres )onding annular depression which is l'orn'ied in the top of the neck of the bottle, thereby producing an additional seal to prevent any possible leakage whatsoever.

It will be seen that the construction of this particular cap, permitting the use of a lining' consistingof thin paper, fabric or the'like,

from the blank, and before the lining or,

will enable high-priced cork to be dispensed .with, thereby providing an inexpensive, ef-

fective and durable. bottle stopper, which the escape of the contents of the )ottle.

1 claim:- y

. I. As a new article of manufacture a bottle stopper comprising a cap having a clamping .llange to extend down on the outer side of a bottle to have holding engagement the-rcwith, means in the top of said cap to extend down on the inner side of a bottle to have clamping engagement therewith and a disk down on the inner side of the bottle to have lining for the inside of said cap. cla ping engagement therewith. 10 2. As a new article of manu acture a bottle his specification signed and witnessed stopper comprising a disk lined cap having a t is sixth day of July 1907. 5 clamping flange to extend down on the outer HUGO TUECKMANTEL.

side of the bottle to have holding engage- Witnesses: ment therewith and provided with a central WM. L. KELLERMANN,

depression in the top of said cap to extend FREDK. C.v FISCHER. 

